# Another TV chain game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287 "2005-12-12T18:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/81 "2005-12-13T20:19:45Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > It’s like right on the tip of my, er, fingers… How long ago was LA Law? 20 years? About that. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/82 "2005-12-13T20:22:25Z")
Oh, oh… shit. I can’t remember her name. She was on Star Trek the Next Generation. Does it count if I can’t remember her name? I can remember Dr. Pulaski, and I can go a bit farther with that information… shit. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/83 "2005-12-13T20:28:34Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I can’t remember her name. For full credit you’ll have to come up with it later. Carry on. But you owe me one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/84 "2005-12-13T20:32:31Z")
1. Who was “the bitch” on that show? How did she leave that show? Dr. Pulaski. Don’t remember how she left the show either though. Someone else can clue me in 😉 1. What show was she on where she got fired after one season? Star Trek The Next Generation 1. Who was the kid on that show? Wil Wheaton 1. In what film did he grow up to be Richard Dreyfuss? Stand By Me 1. What other kid from that movie grew up to be a cop? Jerry O’Connell 1. On what show, starring whom? Crossing Jordan 1. What other show was she on? Uh… (I said I could get a _little_ bit farther 😉 – What the hell is that woman’s name? This is going to drive me nuts. My brain just keeps popping up Gates McFadden. Probably because I tend to mentally block out the second season for exactly the reason that I hated Pulaski. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/85 "2005-12-13T22:32:58Z")
Diana Muldaur’s character on L.A. Law fell down an elevator shaft, if I remember correctly. Crossing Jordan stars Jill Hennesy. 1. What other show was she on? Law & Order 1. Who was her partner? Sam Waterston? After that, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/86 "2005-12-13T23:23:19Z")
Oll Korrect so far. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/87 "2005-12-13T23:30:37Z")
Sam Waterston was in the horrible movie Capricorn one, but I cannot for the life of me remember who headed the mission. I remember OJ Simpson, and James Brolin, but can’t remember who was in charge of what. It was such a bad movie. And I can’t remember either of them ever having played a father in a tv show… ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/88 "2005-12-14T11:09:36Z")
Gonna work the back end of the chain, cause I’m completely stuck 20) That episode was made into a movie. What child featured in the movie? Jeremy something. The kid who played one of the brothers that I could never tell apart. 1. What TV show was he on? Hogan Family 1. So was another boy. What’s he in now? Arrested Development. 1. And what other show was he in as a child? Silver Spoons 1. Who starred in it? Ricky Schroder 1. And as an adult, was on… NYPD Blue ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/89 "2005-12-14T13:57:03Z")
So far, so good. You are allowed to use IMDB, you know. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/90 "2005-12-14T20:18:14Z")
Do we need some hints? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/91 "2005-12-14T20:26:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > So far, so good. You are allowed to use IMDB, you know. … You’re kidding me. Give me 10 minutes then 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/92 "2005-12-14T20:43:29Z")
1. Who was the Big Boss on that show? John Larch or Bill Mumy is all I can come up with. Without this I can’t work the other way any further up… 1. He was in an episode of The Twilight Zone. Which one? (Yes, there were two.) It’s A Good Life ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/93 "2005-12-14T21:06:54Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > 1. Who was the Big Boss on that show? > > John Larch or Bill Mumy is all I can come up with. Without this I can’t work the other way any further up… > > 1. He was in an episode of The Twilight Zone. Which one? (Yes, there were two.) > > It’s A Good Life Wow, way off the tracks here. Yes, Jeremy Licht was in the movie The Twilight Zone, but what I’m looking for is what actor (question 18) was in an original TZ (question 19), which was later made into one of the TZ movie segments. It was not It’s a Good Life, although that’s the segment I was thinking of in question 20. In other words, actor 18 was on the original TZ. When it was remade, a different actor played the same part. I’m not looking for the second actor. The two are otherwise completely unrelated. Hint: Yes they are. See question 18. Confused yet? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/94 "2005-12-14T21:24:38Z")
Close? 16) Who was his downstairs neighbor? Joseph Gorden Levitt 1. The actor who played the neighbor was on what other sitcom? 3rd Rock From the Sun 1. Who was the Big Boss on that show? William Shatner 1. He was in an episode of The Twilight Zone. Which one? (Yes, there were two.) Nightmare at 2000 feet ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/95 "2005-12-14T21:35:12Z")
Who’s Joseph Gorden Levitt? That’s incorrect. And it’s 20,000 feet. It’s unwise to fly a large jet at 2,000 feet. You run into stuff that way. Otherwise correct. ---
**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/96 "2005-12-14T21:48:14Z")
Okay, I think I’ve got it, but didn’t Elliot Gould play a reporter in Capricorn One and not the mission commander? 1. Elliot Gould 2. Friends 3. Courtney Cox 4. Jerry Seinfeld to get a discount on dry cleaning 5. Wayne Knight 6. Third Rock from the Sun and so on. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/97 "2005-12-14T21:51:30Z")
Solved! I could swear that Gould was the third astronaut. I’d have to see the movie again to get it straight, but the movie is such a piece of shite that there’s no way I’m sitting through it again. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287/98 "2005-12-15T05:54:53Z")
Gah, you know, I thought of Elliot Gould but I threw him right out because he was a journalist 😛 Would have solved it a lot sooner, I think 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tv-chain-game/335287.md?page=4)